Egg carrying and delivering device.



J. P. NAGLE. EGG CARRYING AND DELIVERING DEVICE.

APPLICATION FILED APR. H, 1914.

Patented Feb. 8, 1916.

2 SHEETS-SHEET l Haw emh r J. P. NAGLE. EGG CARRYING AND DELIVERING DEVICE.

Patented Feb. 8, 1916.

2 SHEETS SHEET 2- JOHN P. NAGLE, OF ROCHESTER, NEW YORK.

EGG- GARRYING AND DELIVERING DEVICE.

'anduseful Improvement in Egg Carrying and Delivering Devices, which improvement is fully set forth in' the following specification and shown in the accompanying drawings.

The present invention relates to egg carrying and delivering devices and an object of the same is to provide a simple, durable and inexpensive construction designed for carrying eggs in'a separated condition to a place of delivery and for delivering such eggs from the carrier by means of a cheap throw-away receptacle which supports the eggs during the carrying. 1

sists in certain parts and combinations'of parts all of which will be hereinafter described, the'novel features being pointed out in the appended claims.

In the drawings: Figure 1 is a plan view of the carrier with the receptacle therein and the cover removed; Fig. 2 is a .view of the carrier in side elevation with the receptacle and the cover in their respective v.

positions; Fig. 3 is-a plan view of'the blank from which the receptacle is formed; Fig.

4 is a longitudinal vertical section through the carrier and its receptacle; F1g."5 1s a transverse vertical section lthrough the carrier'and its receptacle; and Fig. 6 is a per spective view of the receptacle used in connection with the carrier.

In the illustrated embodlment of the invention, there is employed a carrier having one of its vertical side walls provided with a discharge opening and having its top wall.

provided with an intake opening. In this instance, the two end vertical side walls are connected by a single longitudinal side wall 2 and by a bottom wall 3 forming an opening in the other side wall. A cover 4 preferably in the form of a card board slide may close the intake opening and be guided in grooves 5 in the opposed faces of the end side walls 1.

Vithin the carrier is provided a separating means preferably in the, form of a plurality of partitions or dividers 6-which project from the longitudinally-extending side wall 2 in spaced relation to the bottom wall Patented Feb.,8, 1916.

3 and toward the discharge opening in the vertical sidei of the case. These dividers may be'formed form a single strip of metal bent between its ends to provide laterally extending portions which form the dividers 6 and portions 6 which are secured within a groove 6 on the inner face of the wall 2.

' By this arrangement, it is possible to locate a deli very'receptacle below the'separating or dividing walls 6 and to remove such receptacle through the opening in the side wall;- Apreferred formfor this delivery repepg tacle is shown in Fig. 6 in perspective vand is formed from the blank shownin Fig. '3. 1

This blank embodies two opposite side wall sections 7 having tongues 8 at their ends adapted to be secured in overlapping relation to the end sections 9 of the other side To this and other ends the inventioncon-,

wall, these end sections, in turn, overlapping and 'bemg secured to-the central sections 10.

The bottom wall of the tray is formed by three sections 11,-'1'2 and 13 which are sepa rated by partition-forming sections 14 arranged in pairs and adapted to be folded to extend upwardly. within-"the tray orreceptacle in order togprovide dividing means in 'the tray or receptacle.

Thefuppe'r edges of the formed with notches 20 which receive the lower edges of the dividing walls 6 so that the upper edgesof the dividers 14 project above the lower edges of the dividers 6 of. the

casing. In this way, the dividers of the tray or receptacle hold some of the eggs separated at points near their middle portions, while the dividers of the casing also dividers'or parti tions 14 and also one of the side walls 7 are rest on the bottom .of the tray directly over the channel. I

For holding the tray within the carrier, a retainer is employed preferably in the form of a swinging bail 17 having the ends of its arms pivoted at 18 to the end side-walls 1 in proximitv to the discharge, said bail being movable so that the bar portion thereof, may

either lie above the carrier as shown in dotted linesin Fig. or across the discharge opening at the side of the carrier as shown in full lines in the same figure. When the bail bar is above the carrier, the tray may be inserted or removed from the carrier through the discharge opening but when the bail lies across the discharge opening, the carrier is held against removal. Studs 19 on the endwalls l retain the bail in locked position. p In the use of the device, the cover 4 is removed and the bail 17 is swung to the position shown in dotted lines in Fig. 5, after which the tray is inserted and the bail is swung to a' position to secure or hold the tray in the case. The eggs are then lntroducedinto the carrier through the intake opening at the top so that their lower ends rest upon the tray and are cushioned by the latter. After thedesired number of eggs have been introduced in the carrier, the

cover 4 is fitted thereto and the eggs are carried to the place of delivery. When the latter is reached, the bail 17 is thrown upwardly permitting the tray with the eggs therein to be removed through the discharge opening in the side of the casing and left at the place ofdelivery.

The carrier is inexpen'slve to manufacture What I claim as my invention and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

i 1 An egg carrier comprising a casing having an intake opening at itstop and a discharge opening in one of its vertical sides, a receptacle arranged in the bottom of the casing to support the lower ends of eggs within the casing and removable through the discharge opening, and dividers arranged in the casing above the receptacle and formed to permit the eggs to move laterally between such dividers toward and through the discharge opening as the receptacle is withdrawn.

2. An egg carrier comprising a casing having an intake opening at its top and. a discharge opening in one of its vertical sides, a receptacle arranged in the bottom of the casing to support the lower'ends of eggs within the casing and removable through the discharge opening, and a plurality of substantially paralleldividers, separated between their ends and extending toward the a receptacle arranged in the bottom of the casing to support the lower ends of eggs within the casing and removable through the discharge opening, and a plurality of sub.-' stantially parallel dividers secured to the vertical wall opposite the discharge opening and projecting toward the discharge opening, the dividers being separated between their ends so that the eggs may move laterally between such dividers toward and through the discharge opening'as the receptacle is withdrawn.

4. An egg carrier comprising a casing having an intake opening at itstop and a discharge opening in one of its vertical sides, a receptacle arranged in the bottom of the casing to support the lower ends of eggs within the casing and removable through the discharge opening, and a plurality of substantially parallel dividers formed from a single strip of sheet material bent between its ends to provide the dividers and having the other portions secured to the vertical side opposite the discharge opening.

5. An egg carrier comprising a casing having an intake opening in its top wall and a discharge opening in one of its vertical sides, a receptacle arranged in the bottom of the casing'to support the lower ends of eggs within the casing and removable through the discharge opening, separating means carried by the casing to hold the eggs separated within the receptacle, and a bail movably arranged on the casingto bridge the discharge opening in order to prevent the removal of the receptacle.

6. An egg carrier comprising a casing having an intake opening injits top and a discharge opening. in one of its vertical sides, parallel ribs arranged on the bottom of the casing, a paper receptacle supported on saidparallel ribs to support the lower ends of eggs within the casing, and dividing means carried by the casing for supporting the eggs upright with their lower ends resting upon the bottom of the receptacle between the ribs.

7. An egg carrier comprising a casing having an intake opening at its top and a discharge opening in one of its vertical sides, parallel ribs arranged on the bottom of the casing and extending toward the discharge opening, a paper receptacle resting upon the ribs and removable through the discharge opening, and parallel dividers arranged vertically above the ribs and above the receptacle, said dividers being separated between their ends to permit the receptacle with the eggs therein to be withdrawn through the discharge opening.

8. An egg carrier comprising a casing having an intake opening in its top and a discharge opening in one of its vertical sides, parallel dividers extending toward said discharge openlng, and a receptacle arranged below the dividers and provided with dividers extending transversely of the dividers of the casing.

9. An egg carrier comprising a casing having a bottom Wall, dividers attached ,to the casing and supported in spaced relation to the bottom. Wall, a receptacle arranged below the dividers removable from the casing and having dividers extending transversely of the casing dividers and having also side walls entirely about the same.

' 10. A receptacle for'egg carriers having flaring side walls entirely about the same, horizontally elongated chambers coexten sive with the distance between two opposite side Walls, and partitions separating said chambers, the upper edge of at least one of v the side walls and the upper edges of the partitions being provided with alined notches for receiving partitions of an egg carrier.

' 11. An egg carrier comprising .a casing having a bottom wall, dividers attached to the casing and supported in spaced relation to the bottom wall, and a receptacle arranged below the dividers, removable'from the casing and having side walls'entirely. about the same and also dividers extending transversely of the casing dividers and formed with notches in their upper edges to receive the casing dividers.

, JOHN.P.'NAGLE. Witnesses:

H. H. SIMMs,

ADA M. WHITMORE. 

